- Author
- Rumminger, M. D. | Linteris, G. T.
- Title
- Particle Measurements in Fe(CO)₅-Inhibited Flames.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- NISTIR 6242, October 1998,
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Book or Conf
- National Institute of Standards and Technology. Annual Conference on Fire Research: Book of Abstracts. November 2-5, 1998, Gaithersburg, MD, Beall, K. A., Editors, 119-120 p., 1998
- Keywords
- fire research | fire science | fire suppression | flame extinguishment | premixed flames | experiments
- Abstract
- Since iron pentacarbonyl (Fe(CO)₅) is among the most efficient flame inhibitors ever identified, research on flame inhibition by Fe(CO₅) was recently started at NIST with the goal of understanding its mechanism. Obtaining a detailed understanding of this super-effective chemical inhibitor will provide insights and approaches useful for development of the next generation of fire suppressants to replace the ozone-depleting suppressant CF₃Br. Our approach has been to use simple laboratory burners (premixed Bunsen-type flames and counterflow diffusion flames) to obtain global, yet fundamental, information on the action of Fe(CO)₅.